Mark Riley's Velocity Build: Angel Flight East Charity Fly In at Wings Field

Angel Flight East is an organization that provides free rides by private pilots to patients in need of travel for medical care. They reached out to us and asked us to put the Velocity on display at their annual air and car show at Wings Field in Blue Bell, PA.

We agreed and headed out early to get parked before the show opened with Nancy, Garret and Kathryn.The weather was cool, but perfect with crystal blue skies. It looked like a great day for a show.

__________________________________________________________________

Here is a video of our takeoff from Chester County Airport.

________________________________________________________________

Beautiful views of the full moon set against our canard, winglet and the blue skies.

________________________________________________________________

Visibility was great as we flew to Wings.

Marsh Creek Lake

Another view of the lake and forest

Pottstown airport and the nuclear plant in the distance

Garret spots the field and we start our approach

There's the runway.

_______________________________________________________________

View of the airport from downwind leg

____________________________________________________________

Here is a video of our landing at Wings:

______________________________________________________________

After landing, the flagmen direct us on and on, eventually ending up in a prime spot right at the entrance to the show.

Our own marked space

View of the plane from the show entrance

N929X ready for the show

Off to the hangar for our breakfast

______________________________________________________________

It was cold in the morning.

Garret and Kathryn

Bundled up plane side.

________________________________________________________________

Shortly after we arrived, other planes started streaming in.

Our friend Kerry Fritz came in with his Long EZ

________________________________________________________________

Remember, this is a Wings and Wheels show. The cool thing is that they display the cars mixed among the planes. After the aircraft were parked, the classic cars were brought in and displayed among us. It looked great.

A Studebaker

Kathryn assumes her standard air show entry position

...with winglets! She's really catching on.

Garret and I do the canard entry.

A chopped minivan with a unicycle rack?

_______________________________________________________________

Of course, we also had a Batmobile.

_______________________________________________________________

The show opened and people flooded in. It was suddenly full. Everyone really enjoyed the airplanes and we had a lot of interest in the Velocity.

People checking out the plane

Kerry Fritz and his wife at the Long EZ

Kids love the Velocity

Future pilot

Too cute.

Lots of planes and cars

_________________________________________________________________
Here are some panoramic views from the show. Click on them and you can pan around to see the whole show.

____________________________________________________________________________

I was happy to see my old college friends, Ed and Caroline "Slasher" Wallo there. Caroline is one of the organizers and Ed is the front man of the band, The Fredos. They were great.

Ed and Caroline

The Fredos

________________________________________________________________

A quick video clip of the Fredos.

____________________________________________________________

Angel Flight's website even posted some nice pictures of us from the show.

_________________________________________________________________

Letting a pilot try out the cockpit

Garret planesplaining

Why I don't have a seat

Digital Dave of Oshkosh fame stopped by

_____________________________________________________________

Toward the end of the show, we got permission to sneak out early with my friend Kerry to get some air to air shots on the way home. Here are some pictures.